The Love I'm Searching For
Disclaimer: OK I don't own the Titans. This was supposed to be one of three one-shots I was going to get out today. Unfortunately this is the only one I've gotten finished and the worst part is that it is now a two-shot and not a one-shot. I don't have the second chapter yet, I hope to have it by tomorrow though it will probably be thursday. This is my first Cy/Jinx, though I've always liked the idea of the two of them together. So without further ado...oh and I also don't own the song, its by The Rentals and is called The Love I'm Searching For
I don't think, I'll find the love I want
The love I'm searching for in this machine, oh
Cy had been working on his car for the last six hours and found himself getting nowhere. Whatever Slade had done to his car wasn't going to be undone anytime soon, unfortunately. He hadn't been able to find any damage to his car. There were no wires missing, nothing was cracked, he couldn't even find a dent in his car. It still wouldn't work though. Every time he tried to crank the car up nothing happened. He was frustrated, this car was supposed to be his baby after all, his one true. Robin and Starfire had each other. Raven and Beast Boy had...something, he wasn't sure what, but he knew they weren't lonely. He had his car...which was pretty sad when he really thought about it. For his love he had chosen an inanimate object. It couldn't talk to him, feel for him. If he broke, the car wouldn't try to repair him, but he was half-machine. Shouldn't he feel more than an affinity for machines? Shouldn't they seem...like an actual part of him? Shouldn't they be something he could relate to? In looking at himself though he saw he was more human than machine. The parts of him that made him a cyborg weren't used because he was made for them, rather they were made for him. He used them to better his life, just like a person might use a vaccuum cleaner to clean their living room more easily or use a tv to make their life a little more pleasurable. So if he was more human than machine, wouldn't it be more natural for him to seek out a relationship with an actual person...he was hungry.
The System's Failed, all the circuits blown
And the message lost, in this machine oh
Tried all the codes, all possibilities
All combinations but still nothing, oh
After a sandwhich or three he began to think about it some more. He needed human companionship of some sort. He had asked BB and Raven to help with his car, but couldn't find them. He supposed it didn't really matter, BB didn't know crap about cars and Raven only helped him every once in a while. To be honest he didn't really feel like working on his car anymore anyways. The more time he spent around it the more he realized just how lonely he felt right now, but what was he going to do? Hanging out with Star and Robin was out and he hadn't been able to find the green elf or Raven so that only left... Teen Titans East? They were on the other side of the country. His brain briefly flashed for a minute. Wait... Her? No, that wouldn't be a good idea at all... She was part of the H.I.V.E., she had tried to destroy him, she had...asked him to a dance. Still, it had been a few months since they'd last spoken and he wasn't sure...he had basically sold her out, but there might be a chance.
Call for backup from my assistants but
No one seems to know anything, oh
Disconnect, shut the main reactor down
And separate from this technology, oh
He made the call, hoping the phone number she had given him the night before the dance still worked. "Hello" a voice answered. "Hello" he said, shocked that the number had been correct. He would either have to go through with it or just hang up.
"Who is this"
"Its um, its Stone." There was a minute's worth of silence.
"Don't you mean Cyborg" she asked, ice in her tone. "The one who betrayed me? Because of you I have to take another two years of class! Do you know how embarrasing that is? I'm constantly ridiculed by the upper classmen or I was till Gizmo and Mammoth took care of them. Then"
"Hey do you wanna hang out with me" he said, knowing that he was interrupting her, but he couldn't help it. The words had been lingering in his mouth as soon as he'd picked up the phone and it had seemed like the right time to let them go.
I try, you know I try. I try e i y
Hard as it may be, I know you should be with me
Even thought it seems it's all lie e i ies
I still believe you should be with me
"Excuse me" Cyborg nearly dropped the phone at her screech. "Did you not just hear me! I just said you ruined me! Do you actually think I'd want to go out with you now"
"Hey first off" he shouted back"I didn't ask you on a date. I asked if you wanted to hang out! There is a difference! Second of all...I'm sorry I got you in trouble, but its not like you've never tried to kill us. You don't see me hanging that over your head, though, do you" He realized something towards to the end of his last sentence. He didn't really feel lonely right now. He was interacting, albeit shouting, with another human being and it wasn't really so bad. The silence on the other line brought him back to reality though.
I don't think, I'll find the love I want
The love I'm searching for in this machine, oh
"You have a point" she mumbled.
"What"
"I said, YOU have a POINT. So what makes you think I won't try to kill you when I see you this time"
"So you do want to hang out"
"I didn't say that" she mumbled again after realizing exactly what it was she had said. "I asked how you know I won't kill you or try to trap you."
He thought about it for a second. "I don't really. I'm willing to try it though."
I try, you know I try. I try e i y
Hard as it may be, I know you should be with me
Even thought it seems it's all lie e i ies
I still believe you should be with me